Buren, W.F. 1983. "Artificial faunal replacement for imported fire ant control." Florida Entomol. 66:93-100.
Cokendolpher, J.C. 1990. "The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas. Part III. Additions and corrections.". Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University number 31, 19 p.
Cokendolpher, J.C., and O.F. Francke. 1990. "The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas. Part II. Subfamilies Ecitoninae, Ponerinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Dolichoderinae, and Formicinae.". Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University number 30, p. 1-76.
Diniz Filho, J.A.F., and H.G. Fowler. 1998. "Honey ants (Genus Myrmecocystus) macroecology: Effect of spatial patterns on the relationship between worker body size and geographic range size." Environ. Entomol. 27:1094-1101.
Hunt, J.H., and R.R. Snelling. 1975. "A checklist of the ants of Arizona." J. Ariz. Acad. Sci. 10:20-23.
López Moreno, I., and M. Díaz Betancourt. 1987. "Foraging behavior of granivorous ants in the Pinacate desert." Pp. 115-118 in Behavioral ecology and population biology, edited by L.C. Drickamer. I. E. C.
MacKay, W.P., D. Lowrie, A. Fisher, E.E. MacKay, and F. Barnes. 1988. "The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Pp. 79-131 in Advances in myrmecology, edited by J.C. Trager. E. J. Brill.
Rojas Fernández, P., and C. Fragoso. 1994. "The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Mapimi Biosphere Reserve, Durango, Mexico." Sociobiology 24:47-75.
Snelling, R.R. 1969. "Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 170:1-9.
Wheeler, G.C., and J. Wheeler. 1985. "A checklist of Texas ants." Prairie Nat. 17:49-64.
Wisdom, W.A., and W.G. Whitford. 1981. "Effects of vegetation change on ant communities of arid rangelands." Environ. Entomol. 10:893-897.
This list was compiled by first searching Formis 2002 for references with ‘Myrmecocystus placodops’ or ‘Myrmecocystus melliger placodops’ in any field. The resulting list was edited to remove any entries that were dissertations, specific to pest control, concerned primarily with myrmecophiles or predators, or, generally judged to have marginal relevance to this ant species.
(Beckham 1980, Buren 1983, Cokendolpher 1990, Cokendolpher & Francke 1990, Diniz Filho & Fowler 1998, Hunt & Snelling 1975, López Moreno & Díaz Betancourt 1987, MacKay et al. 1988, Rojas Fernández & Fragoso 1994, Snelling 1969, Wheeler & Wheeler 1985, Wisdom & Whitford 1981)